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EMNETS
2007
15 years 7 months ago
An HMM framework for optimal sensor selection with applications to BSN sensor glove design
Laparoscopic surgical training is a challenging task due to the complexity of instrument control and demand on manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination. Currently, training and ...
Rachel C. King, Louis Atallah, Ara Darzi, Guang-Zh...
NIPS
2008
15 years 4 months ago
Estimating Robust Query Models with Convex Optimization
Query expansion is a long-studied approach for improving retrieval effectiveness by enhancing the user's original query with additional related words. Current algorithms for ...
Kevyn Collins-Thompson
DEXA
2008
Springer
113views Database» more  DEXA 2008»
15 years 4 months ago
Optimal Preference Elicitation for Skyline Queries over Categorical Domains
When issuing user-specific queries, users often have a vaguely defined information need. Skyline queries identify the most "interesting" objects for users' incomplet...
Jongwuk Lee, Gae-won You, Seung-won Hwang, Joachim...
CORR
2011
Springer
162views Education» more  CORR 2011»
14 years 6 months ago
Optimal Power Cost Management Using Stored Energy in Data Centers
Since the electricity bill of a data center constitutes a significant portion of its overall operational costs, reducing this has become important. We investigate cost reduction o...
Rahul Urgaonkar, Bhuvan Urgaonkar, Michael J. Neel...
NIPS
1997
15 years 4 months ago
EM Algorithms for PCA and SPCA
I present an expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm for principal component analysis (PCA). The algorithm allows a few eigenvectors and eigenvalues to be extracted from large col...
Sam T. Roweis